UT MD Anderson Brings Anti-Smoking Message to SE Texas At-Risk Youths
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is reaching out to southeast Texas via an interactive, arcade-style video game aimed at reducing tobacco use among at-risk teens and adolescents. Alexander V. Prokhorov, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Behavioral Science and director of the Tobacco Outreach Education Program, will unveil a kiosk featuring HealthScare General Hospital at a 10 a.m. ceremony Sept. 28 hosted by the Jefferson County Juvenile Probation Department at the Minnie Rogers Juvenile Justice Center in Beaumont. The event marks MD Anderson's first community installation of the multimedia educational tool.